Pickled Poems are Carol Campbell's poems — sealed in, kept safe, and opened when you're ready. Like a jar of homemade jam from the back of the pantry, each poem has been made by hand, at a particular moment, and set aside for the right person at the right time.

Open the jar. Something warm comes out.

Lucy found the first one on a shelf in an old stone cottage. It glowed. She took it upstairs, unscrewed the lid, and lifted out a small scroll tied in red ribbon. Inside: a poem that had been waiting just for her.

There are more jars on the shelf. One of them might be waiting for you.